Sarah Anderson

Director, Global Economy Program

She has written numerous studies on the social and environmental impacts of trade and investment liberalization. She sits on the steering committee of the Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Center for Corporate Policy. Prior to coming to IPS in 1992, Anderson was a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development (1989–1992), an editor for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (1988), and a news reporter for Inside Chicago and the Lafayette Journal and Courier. She holds a Master's degree in International Affairs from The American University and a B.A. in Journalism from Northwestern University.

Sarah is currently conducting research and writing on the impact of the international financial institutions and free trade and investment policies on inequality, poverty, environmental sustainability, and human rights. She has also contributed to the Field Guide to the Global Economy, and is working to promote the major themes in "Alternatives for the Americas," a document that lays out an alternative to the Free Trade Area of the Americas.